anoviceuser

In my company I am going to conduct a session on 'Being an Architect'. I have my own insights, experiences to share from playing the Architect role for 10+ years. But I thought it will be great if I can also learn from the experiences of others playing a similar role and share it with the attendees.

I would love to hear any insight, perspective, experience, opinion on Being an Architect. But if someone is looking for some specific questions then I have attempted to come up with few of them as below:

+ What aspect of the Architect role do you like the most and Why? + What challenges do you face in your role and how do you manage them?

+ What is your process of arriving at an Architecture for a given requirement? + How do you identify the key requirements to be addressed by Architecture and the ones to be addressed by the later design phase? + How do you manage competing Design concerns/constraints while Architecting? + Do you seek contributions from others while Architecting? How do you elicit contributions from others? + How do you review your Architecture? + How do you build acceptance for your Architecture within the Team? How do you build consensus among stakeholders?

+ How do you self-evaluate your effectiveness in playing the role of an Architect? How do you decide the aspects you have to improve on? + What Qualities, Personality Traits, Habits do you think have help you become effective in your role? Similarly what Qualities, Traits, Habits became a hindrance in playing the role? + What is your process of Continuous Learning? How do you identify technologies/skills for learning?

+ What in your opinion are some great examples of well Architected Systems and Why? + Who are your Role Model Architects and Why? + What will be your advise to aspiring Software Architects?

I am already going through some other similar threads <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23152092> but would love to hear more from the community.